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TWeb had an OS update go bad and had to be restored to a previous state. We've lost two days worth of posts so you all get a do-over.

Readmission

I'm back after an absence of... thirty-two months. Although this is my prior account, it seems like a good occasion to reintroduce myself. (Especially since there are probably a number of new people here, and a lot of prior friends who have - alas - fallen through the vast chasms in my memory.)

So: I'm JB. Maybe some of you remember me. Academic-at-heart from Amish country. Last time I dropped by, I was still a seminarian. Now I'm older, probably not wiser, but there's always hope. I've now been pastoring a small church for two-and-a-half years, through numerous deaths, my predecessor's dementia, some minor vandalism, and a natural disaster (church got walloped by a big ol' tornado). It's been an interesting road. Did some travel during that time (back to Greece again - I made pilgrimage to a couple monasteries on Mount Athos). Now, on top of pastoral duties and some other denominational service (facilitating a district of churches, serving on the national ministry team, chairing the historical society), I'm hoping to enjoy a return to TheologyWeb.

Howdy, y'all.

"The Jesus Christ who saves sinners is the same Christ who beckons his followers to serious use of their minds for serious explorations of the world." - Mark Noll

"It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading." - John Wesley

"Wherever men are still theological, there is still some chance of their being logical." - G. K. Chesterton

Did you know that Jawa Man is now a priest? I dropped in at his church last month (purely coincidental - I was traveling for a wedding, and his was the closest to my hotel).

Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

Did you know that Jawa Man is now a priest? I dropped in at his church last month (purely coincidental - I was traveling for a wedding, and his was the closest to my hotel).

Now you, I've missed.

I think I did know that! If I'm accurately correlating people's TWeb names (many of which I recall only faintly) with their actual names. If I'm ever in that neck of the woods, I'd sure like to drop in at his church.

"The Jesus Christ who saves sinners is the same Christ who beckons his followers to serious use of their minds for serious explorations of the world." - Mark Noll

"It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading." - John Wesley

"Wherever men are still theological, there is still some chance of their being logical." - G. K. Chesterton